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Marine Corps veteran Nesky Hernandez, center, carries his pack after arriving with fellow veterans at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Tribal elders have asked the military veterans joining the large Dakota Access pipeline protest encampment not to have confrontations with law enforcement officials, an organizer with Veterans Stand for Standing Rock said Sunday, adding the group is there to help out those who've dug in against the four-state, $3.8 billion project. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Veterans Throw Support Behind Standing Rock Protesters After Trump Signs Dakota Access Pipeline Memo

Archives for January 2017

Donald Trump firing Sally Yates isn’t the big story. How he did it is.

(Op-Ed)– Sally Yates had to know that when she refused to enforce President Trump’s travel ban on Monday, she was effectively resigning her post as acting attorney general. After all, she was already a short-timer, a holdover from the Obama administration in place solely to bridge the time until Trump’s attorney general nominee — Jeff […]

Washington Post
By Washington Post

(Op-Ed)-- Sally Yates had to know that when she refused to enforce President Trump's travel ban on Monday, she was effectively resigning her post as acting attorney general. After all, she was already a short-timer, a holdover from the Obama administration in place solely to bridge the time until Trump's attorney general nominee — Jeff Sessions —

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Israel Urges Trump, UN To Act Against Iran After Ballistic Missile Test

The United Nations Security Council was scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the test; Iran says such trials don’t breach nuclear deal, UN resolution.

Jerusalem Post
By Jerusalem Post

Israel is urging the world to take action after a US official said Monday that Iran carried out a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile over the weekend, seemingly in violation of UN Resolution 2231, which forbids the Islamic Republic from carrying out such tests for a period of eights years. The United Nations Security Council was

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Trump’s Travel Ban Plainly Excludes Countries Tied to 93% of All US Terrorism

On Friday, the world erupted in chaos after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order suspending entry into the United States for people traveling from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. These seven countries originally came from the Obama administration and were labeled as “countries of concern.” “There were further travel restrictions already […]

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist

On Friday, the world erupted in chaos after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order suspending entry into the United States for people traveling from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. These seven countries originally came from the Obama administration and were labeled as “countries of concern.” “There were further

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Pre-Emptive Attack Iran Bill Active in US House

The title of the bill tells the tale: a bill “To authorize the use of the United States Armed Forces to achieve the goal of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.” This legislation, introduced by Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), is as it appears: an authorization for the President to use military force against Iran. But it is much worse than that.

Daniel Mcadams
By Daniel Mcadams

(Op-ed) -- You will often see potentially important pieces of legislation languish in the US House. A bill will remain active, meaning that it can be brought to the Floor at any time. But it flies just under the radar. Other times the language floats around Washington for years until a "crisis" necessitates its activation and passage. As we

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BuzzFeed Hires Former Hillary Clinton Campaign Spokesperson

BuzzFeed‘s editor in chief, Ben Smith, defended the decision to release the unverified information to the public last week.

Chandler Gill
By Chandler Gill
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.

Matt Mittenthal, a former spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, was recently hired by BuzzFeed for a communications position for the news section of the website. Prior to his work on Clinton's campaign, Mittenthal worked as a press secretary for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Heat Street reported

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Syria Warns US Safe Zones Would Be Unsafe & Violate Sovereignty

The safe zones were originally reported to be part of the refugee ban executive order, but was not contained in the final draft. The reports said the order was to give the State Department and Pentagon 90 days to come up with a plan for the safe zones.​

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

President Trump has not signed the expected executive order on establishing safe zones in Syria, but the White House has insisted that Trump and Saudi King Salman had agreed to the idea during a weekend phone call. Syria has not been brought into the discussion, however, and that’s not sitting well with Syria. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem

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